RSS again

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  buyathread · Member · Sep 28, 2008 at 3:27 pm

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  I know that this topic comes up repeatedly b/c I’ve read a lot of earlier posts but still have questions. At least now I know enough about what an RSS feed is to want to use one, so that is progress.

  I want to make it possible for visitors to my blog to subscribe to my updates but don’t know how to do that. Other info: my Daydream theme does have an RSS widget; I am not code-literate. TIA

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  vivianpaige · Member · Sep 28, 2008 at 3:36 pm

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  Honestly, you don’t have to do anything. You’ve got an RSS icon on your blog. Folks who use RSS readers know to click on that link.

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  bubel · Staff · Sep 28, 2008 at 4:46 pm

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  You can even go as far as to offer e-mail subscriptions to users via Feedburner. Check out http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/how-can-i-offer-email-updates

  But vivianpaige is right – the icon is there; anybody can make use of it.

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  buyathread · Member · Sep 28, 2008 at 5:00 pm

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  @ vivianpaige – I’m always glad to hear that I don’t have to do anything :)

  @ bubel – Thanks, I will check out the link.

  I guess I asked b/c I didn’t know what the RSS icon was until recently, so I figure that other readers don’t know either. I have been sending out my own e-mail updates so I’m glad to know that there’s a better way. Thanks for the help.

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  bubel · Staff · Sep 28, 2008 at 5:43 pm

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  Understandable. You can add another RSS icon to a Text Widget and maybe advise users on what to do with it. Check out – http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/10/23/put-your-feed-in-your-sidebar/

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  buyathread · Member · Sep 28, 2008 at 10:18 pm

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  @ bubel – the FAQs you suggest will probably make more sense to me when I have read them a few times carefully, but it would be incredibly helpful if there was a test site, a blog site, or a video, to illustrate what you suggested.

  It just occurred to me that maybe the most practical thing might be for me to subscribe to a blog that I read regularly and be my own guinea pig.

  Thanks again.

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  rosclarke · Member · Sep 28, 2008 at 10:28 pm

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  You know, I had taken the RSS icon off my blog because (and yes, I am this shallow) it was orange and it really clashed with the colours of the blog. But I just clicked on that FAQ and saw the whole rainbow of available icons! So I’ve added a purple one.

  @buyathread, the instructions in the FAQ really are very straightforward. Have a go and come back to the forum if you get stuck.

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  buyathread · Member · Sep 28, 2008 at 10:48 pm

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  Thanks for the encouragement, rosclarke, the purple icon looks great on your blog ; )